Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-23
FARM NOTES.

Marketing the products is half the bat
tie. A farmer should use as much judg-
ment on this point as any other.
Pull the collars away from the should
ers while resting the horses in the field
SO that the air can pass freely between
them.
Sorghum makes an excellent folded
either when fed green or cut and cured
like common corn and then fed out as
wanted.
A poor tool on the farm imposes tax
upon the user every day it is employed,
often greater in the year then the whole
price of good tool.
One who is very successful at rose
culture, when asked for her secret, replied
that it lay mainly in manure, pruning
knives, attention and sunshine.
The delicate fine flavor of the onion is
said to be the best when it is first pulled
and while it still has a green neck. When
fully ripened it Uses this fine flavor.
A grindstone conveniently placed ready
for use leaves no excuse for working with
dull ak or other cutting instrument that
never docs good work.
By stirring the soil after every rain
the weeds will be more easily destroyed
then at any other time. Never allow
weeds to go to seed, especially in the
garden.
A good deal of time and labor is wasted
by planting several varieties of the
same fruit or vegetable, when, for all
practical purposes, one or two would
answer as we'll.
Manure will not burn, or fire fang,
so readily in fiat pile as in tall, point
ed one. The latter forms sort of
chimney and creates draught, inducing
too much heat.
Mulching is necessary, not only to hold
moisture to the surface, but to retain
moisture. In fact, plants and trees
should be mulched with some coarse ma
terial, if watered through dry spells in the
summer.
Entomologists trace the Hessian fly
which has made its appearance in En-
gland, to grain imported from Southern
Russia. Holding off sowing for couple
of weeks later than usual always stop the
ravages of this pest.
Copperas is a splendid medicine to
keep on hand for poultry. When they
have roup wash their heads with solu-
tion of it, and put some of the solution
in the drinking water as tonic. It pro-
vides them with solution iron, which is
necessary.
As the soil becomes warm, both bush
and Lima beans may be planted. Where
Limas have been started under glass the
putting out should be delayed until June
l, for northern sections.
Sow alyssum thinly, and when the young
plants are we'll up transplant them to
their permanent garden quarters. An
open situation, protected somewhat from
the hot MONDAY sun, is desirable.
Berry baskets and crates or other pack
ages used for marketing should be got in
readiness before the season fairly opens.
All crates should be neatly and plainly
marked with stencil plate.
Since the value of dairy calves is be-
coming more and more acknowledged,
the breeder should study the merits of
sires. 1t is not so much as to what the
appearance of the bull may be as it is to
know how many daughters of his can
produce Ii pounds of butter per week.
Finely ground bone is cheaner, in pro-
portion TO the amount of phosphorio
acid contained, than superphos phate,
but is not so Immediately available as
Ipit.-st food. 1t is lest to mix one-third
superphosphate with two-thirds ground
bone on heavy soils.